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UNITED KINGDOM OPINION Macmillan Determined Britain To Join Europe By M. McINTYRE HOOD Six. This was put forward by the whole future structure a Special London, (Eng.) a prominent Labor journalist, outlook of trade unions Correspondent to mig! considered well- who ht be The Oshawa Times informed. He said that Macmil- LONDON -- Out of the Com- lan would call an election in an estimates that os ith Prime Ministers' effort to secure a mandate to Conference has come one in- : ES Se le certainty, Prime Min- 7? election ister See a Macauiten is deter. Haren siniblnggse od ~ a r mined to stake his' political fu- ugh Gait- ture and'that of his party on skell would ee. Britain's entry into the Common C#me the punch line in his state. Market. Nothing that was said ment. It was this: by any of the heads of state of | She Oshaton Times " ' Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited ' 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario ' T. L. Wilson, Publisher * SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1962 -- PAGE 6 «| : Robin Hood.In Reverse Operating From Ottawa from governments, only the very lowest earners received from the state more than they paid, and only by a slight margin. Those earnings up to $1,000 made average tax payments of $172.70 and received transfer pay- ments of $239.00. For the $1,000- $2,000 group the figures were $376.80 and $473.80. Above that level it was a case of Robin Hood in reverse. The "Within tg years -- og the other Commonwealth coun. '28 Over the governm , tries has had sufficient weight Gaitskell will be m: an ap-. to change his view that Brit- Plication to join the Common ain's prosperity, her place in Market. world and European affairs, and This may seem a far-fetched indeed, the peace of the world, analysis of a tricky political depend on Britain becoming a situation, but there might be full partner in the European something in it. While Mr. Gait- Economic Community. skell has at last gone part way Analysing all that was said at in eet British entry into the conference by the visiting the EEC, he has not gone the prime ministers -- and one can Whole way. He has simply said only go by what is divulged at that he is opposed to Britain It is a popular assumption that in Canada today the state is a sort of benevolent redistribution agency, taking from the rich to help. the middie-income and lower-income groups. It is an assumption that. is quite in error. They may not know it, but those toward the bottom of the income ladder pay a full share of the cost of the services that the state taneously with that being con- ducted by the government. It has been decided by the TUC to send a team of 12 offi- cials to Sweden .n October for a four-day examination of how Swedish unions and employers provides. From even the lowest earn- ers, taxes take more than a fifth of income: This is one of the findings of a study just released by the Canadian $2,000-$8,000 income group paid taxes of $598.80 and received transfer pay- ments of $321.50; the $3,000-$4,000 income group paid $834.90 and re- the various press briefings after joining on the basis of the the secret sessions -- the British terms on which agreement has government heard nothing that been reached in the negotiations it had not been told previously to date. What his attitude might arrange their wage agreements and avoid unofficial strikes. Sweden has so excellent a re- cord in this respect that the Brit- ish union leaders feel that the in private consultations with be if more favorable terms for the various prime ministers. the Commonwealth could be se-. There was a lot of threshing of Cured is something quite differ- old straw, on both sides, and ent, because Gaitskell would nothing transpired to provide a like to see Britain within the compelling-reason why the Brit- Common Market if the right ish government should with- conditions can be secured. But draw from the negotiations in Whether a Labor government Brussels. could do a better job of nego- tiating than the Conservative USED OLD TEXT government seems to have done On the British side, Edward is quite debatable. : Heath, Britain's chief negotia- tor. stuck very closely to the SON FOLLOWS FATHER text of the white paper on the _ One of the interesting fea- negotiations, issued by him over tures of the Trades Union Con- a month ago. He had nothing ference at Blackpool is that for to add to it, because nothing the first time in TUC history, a new has happened since then. SoM has followed in his father's Prime Minister Macmillan footsteps in being elected as methods.in use there are worth studying. . HARMONY MARRED The harmony which had marked the deliberations of the Trades Union Conference, .n marked contrast to those of ihe past two years, was somewhat marred some last minute business. Barely an hour before the conference ended, the dele- gates, by a small majority, re- buffed the General Council by deciding that the government must be pressed to reverse its decision and deny to the United States the use of bases in this country for Polaris submarines. ceived $264.40. The middle income earners will surely think they carried their share of the tax burden. The $4,000-$5,000 group paid an average of $1,176.80 in taxes, received $258.00 in transfer payments; for the $5,000-$7,000 group the figures were $1,616.20 and $294.00. Being so few in number, the well- to-do and wealthy cannot carry the extensive and expensive state appara- Tax Foundation, The study is based on the year 1957, when total tax revenues in \Canada were only about half of the éurrent amount, and reports a total of 4,883,800 taxpayer units -- indivi- duals or economic families. Only a small proportion of these could be classed as well-to-do or wealthy; 12.5 per cent had incomes of $7,000 a year and over. The middle income group, from $4,000 to 7,000, accounted for 80 per cent. The vast majority, 57.5 ' 'HE SAYS IT'S ALL FOR SCIENCE' WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING per cent, were in the $4,000-and-under class and contrary to common as- sumption, taxes took more than a fifth of what they earned. In the matter of transfer payments % tus that has been created in post-war Canada. For even the poorest, it is now a case of governments openly "giving with the one hand and steal- thily taking with the other. National YWCA Week From tomorrow, Sept. 23, to next Saturday, the 29th, the YWCA of Canada celebrates National YWCA Week. This means that local associa- tions from St. John's, Newfoundland, to Victoria and Prince Rupert, British Columbia, will be holding "open house". Oshawa has a fine YWCA establishment, with an extensive and varied program of activities, and citizens have the opportunity not only of visiting the "Y" but have a choice of special events to be held during the week. We can recommended a visit; it is well worth while. Eleanor Reesor, of the public rela- tions committee, YWCA of Canada, posed' the question, "What does it mean 'to belong to' the YWCA?" She answered the question thus: "Webs- ter defines 'to belong to' as: 'to be a part of; to be related or connected with; to be a member of'. And it's this wonderful emotional feeling of being related to other people that makes the YWCA a' good place to belong... "We all sorely need the comforting reassurance of simple, warm human relatedness -- one to another. We also need constant evidence of honest affection, admiration and love to make us feel fully significant for our own lives. In its lowest common denominator, we all need to feel that we matter to other people. "To belong to the YWCA means many golden opportunities to meet and grow into friendship with girls and women of all races, colors, creeds and cultures ... As members of the Y¥WCA we have countless chances to learn about the world we live in -- and ourselves. We find out the prac- tical ways in which we, individually and collectively, can do something to help on problems in our own neigh- borhood which starts next door and moves out to encompass the whole world." Ivan's Friendly Finance The International Banking Summer School, held in Moscow recently, has thrown some interesting light on con- sumer credit buying, Communist style. Strange as it may seem, Russia in- troduced that capitalist device, which Communist theory has oft derided -- "buying on time" -- as far back as 1950. However, Ivan's friendly finance / company is a far cry from the con- sumer credit facilities available in the western world. Interest in Soviet instalment -fin- ance loans is 2% flat and reposses- sions -- so Russian bankers boast -- are almost unheard of. It's easy to see why. A Russian buying on time must be able to plunk down 25% of the purchase price, and pay off the balance in a maximum period of 12 months.'Maximum amount of the loan is limited to four month's salary. The goods he can buy on credit are res- tricted to those which are in ready supply (and in Russia those aren't too many). Further, he can buy on time She Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher C. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times established 1871) and the hronicle (estabii 1863), (Sundays and sta holi of Canodi P Association, The Canadion Press, Audit Bureau of Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Asso- ciation, The Cenadk Press is jusively entitled to the use for republication of all mews despatched in the paper cradited to it or to The Associated Press of Reuters, and therein. All rights of reserved, special despatches ore also Offices: Thomson Building, 425 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontarie; 640 Cathcart Street, Montreal, P.Q. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Whitby, Ajax, Perry, Prince Delivered by carriers in Oshowa, Pickeri Soemnarvints Brooklin, rat inople ove, Hampton, n's ls Liverpool, 'aunton, Tyrone, Dunbarton, Enmisklle, Columbus, Greenwood, Kinsale, Raglan, Blackstock, Manchester, P. and Neweastle, not over 45¢ per week, By mail (in Province of Ontario) outside delivery areas 12.00 per year. Other Provinces and Commonwealth Countries 15.00 U.S.A, and Foreign 24.00, an also the local news published ~ only if he can present a certificate that he is regularly employed and that he has no other outstanding time payments. Finally, when he takes out a loan, his principal and interest re- payments are deducted at source by his employer. As the influential British news- paper "The Economist" commented: "Finance companies in Britain, charg- ing perhaps three times as much in- terest, look disgustingly rapacious to the Soviet theorist ; yet if the ordinary man in either country could choose be- tween one system or the other, taken as a whole, which system would he go for?" Other Editors' Views TWO GOOD EXAMPLES (Peterborough Examiner) Those who complain about the im- possibility of small Canadian firms competing with the mass-production giants of the United States should look to the success of Dominion Electrohome Industries Limited and Clairtone Sound Corporation. Both firms manufacture high - fidelity phonographs noted for their tasteful cabinets and soundly-engineered elec- tronics. Clairtone machines are now sold in virtually all large department stores in North America and Electro- home has just formed a United States corporation at Bensenville, Ill., where Canadian-designed television sets, phonographs, furniture.and home appliances will be manufactured. Bible Thought I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be lige the most High. -- Isaiah 14:14. Greater Public Control Of School Costs Urged KINGSTON WHIG - STAND- ARD: Not all municipal govern- ment is carried on by councils. There are many local governing bodies, created by provincial legislatures, which are some- times referred to as "spevial purpose bodies" and which have jurisdiction over special mat- ters such as education and the police. The local board of edu- cation is at the moment enact- ing what has become one of the fundamental points of argument over the conduct of local gov- ernment. School boards in On- tario are allowed to request whatever funds they want from the local council and that coun. cil, although it may protest, cannot, under law, refuse. The arg ts for pl r4 school boards in this position usually revolve around the belief that it is the first consideration of such a body to accomplish the special purpose for which it was established, even if the cost is more than the council, which raises the money, feels able to manage. Councils understand- ably feel that they are the only group with an all-encompassing view of the needs of the com- munity. Boards reply that their special functions should be kept out of politics. This is not a very acceptable argument for a democratic peo- ple to favor. The proper way to meet this difficulty, if it is a difficulty, is to see that elected members of councils are of such a calibre that politics will not interfere with duty. There are other arguments for and against and it is probable that, on balance, the argument against the dilution of the power of elected municipal councils is the more powerful one. Certain- ly spending by school boards should be under more public control than is the case now, and, if the present agitation con- tinues, it is likely that some change will have to be made in Toronto to provide a_ better measure of protection for the taxpayer. GREATER PUBLIC CHAT- "HAM NEWS: The ghosts of George Brown and the Reform- ers (of pre-Confederation days should be stalking the Dominion in times like these wailing their old-time political slogan, '"'Rep by Pop". Amplified, for the benefit of a new generation which has for- gotten the issues of the past, the George Brown slogan was 'Representation by Population" -- an outcry against the pro- cedure which, ignoring Upper Canada's much larger popula- tion, gave it merely equal rep- resentation with the Lower prov- ince in the Union Parliament. Confederation was, in part, designed to correct this inequal- "TODAY IN HISTORY Sept. 22, 1962 . .-. Nathan Hale was hanged in New York by the British as a spy 186 years ago today in 1776--during the Ameri- can Revolution. Acting on orders from Gen, George Washington, Hale had dis- guised himself as a Dutch schoolmaster and made his way to New York where he was captured. His last words were: "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." 1948--A U.S. Air Force plane lost in 1943 was found near Fort Nelson, B.C., with 11 bodies and $500,000 in gold and currency. 1792--The first French Re- public was proclaimed. ultimately | At the outset, this objective was measurably achieved. But, in time disregard.of Con- federation's clear intent was fos- tered by the anxiety of political groups to preserve historic (and friendly) constituencies or to curry favor with special classes, as the farm voters. Thus we have constituencies with sub- stantially less than 50,000 voters and other constituencies with more than 200,000. That the party which is to rule Canada is not determined by popular vote was clearly in- stanced in the recent election, when the Liberals in the aggre- gate polled 4,315 votes more than the Conservatives. The margin was, of course. not large, but logically it should have entitled the Liberals to at least as large a representation in parliament as the Conserva- tives, The disproportionate repre- sentation now in vogue is prob- ably enhanced by the existence of two newer parties. One fea- ture involved was. that Social Credit, with 150,000 fewer votes than the New Democratic Party, elected 11 more members. There has been criticism of preferential voting and propor- tional representation. This has been largely on the ground of the delay in the count. But at least the final count with such systems elects a miember with a majority of voters supporting him, rather than a minority representative who just squeezes in. SUDBURY STAR: A orief submitted to the Ontario Muni- cipal Board for study proposes that the lakeshore communities of Mimico, New Toronto and Long Branch, adjacent to Metro Toronto, be merged into one city. The brief submits that amalgamation is a 'natural and timely first step in de- veloping wetter municipal gov- ernment." That amalgamation develops better municipal government is a myth that can be exploded immediately. With or without amalgamation. a municipality is no better governed than the calibre of its elected and ap- pointed representatives. The elimination of physical bound- aries dividing adjoining munici- Palities does Ittle to remove problems that were present be- fore the dssolution of th2 boun- daries. Sudbury is only one municipality that quickly found out that amalgamation created hice instead of alleviating them. QUEEN'S PARK Attorney-General Irks Colleagues By DON O'HEARN TORONTO -- Hon. A. Kelso Roberts does not stand too high with his cabinet colleagues to- day. Mr. Roberts, always a bit of a lone wolf, has been playing his cards particularly close to his vest since he lost the leader- ship convention. Which has meant that he has not been on the closest of terms with his fellow ministers. But he has never been so far apart as since they woke up one morning and read in the papers that the Northern Ontario Nat- ural Gas Company controversy had been revived. SOUGHT PUBLICITY? They can't blame the attorney- general for the fact that the inquiry into NONG has been resumed, of sourse. It was his duty to do this, and he had no choice. But they don't like it that he started talking about it before he had to. He chose to drop hints about the matter in an address to some securities officials and the newspapers naturally picked these up in short order. And a flood of publicity em- barrassing to the government followed. His colleagues can't under- stand why the Attorney-General had to break the news on his own, . . . He hadn't consulted them, though he may have talked to the premier. And not seeing any sound rea- son for him. doing so they feel he probably was just eager for publicity, MACDONALD GAIN? Of course a revival of the NONG affair is the last thing that the government wants at this time. No matter what happens it can't win. The discussion refreshes the public mind on an inglorious chapter. ' And though further people may be hurt through a further investigation, the government also inevitably will suffer through the reopening of old wounds. NDP Leader Donald Mac- Donald, of course, was back in- to the fray immediately. It has always been question- able whether Mr. MacDonald made any gains out of the initial airing of this matter, The observer has had the im- pression that the publicity he received was probably more than offset by his aggressive nagging. To the public this could have looked like whining. However the NDP leader now at least can have the self-satis- faction of saying he has been proven right in some of his con- tentions. 135 SIMCOE ST. 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Just a generation y Gs Mr. Hayday, a native of Not- So it is generally taken for tingham takes over the heaviest granted that Britain will go oad of work ever placed on the ahead with the negotiations for T™ades Union General Council perhaps, a stronger effort than ever to se- cure concessions to satisfy the and then reach an agreement to ject. entry, will make, Commonwealth countries, join the Common Market. NOVEL VIEW A novel view was expressed while the conference was in ses. sion as to the possibility that Macmillan might call an elec- tion before making a final deci- 4 sion to join the Common Market BY-GONE DAYS 40 YEARS AGO Miss Winifred Wilson, BA, of London, England, was appoint- ed headmistress of Bishop Bethune College. Flintoff and Sons store was broken into and a rifle and a quantity of cash were stolen. Oshawa joined with other central Ontario municipalities in asking the provincial govern- ment to sell their Hydro Power property. Howard Ellis, of Stratford, was appointed physical director of Oshawa YMCA. An organization meeting was held with a view to forming a symphony orchestra in Oshawa, that important office. His fa- ago. by a conference. This includes an inquiry into This motion was passed after strong backing from Frank Cou- sins. But paradoxically enough, the very next resolution, one which sought to have the conference endorse a policy of unilateral nuclear disarmament, on the part of the British government was defeated, and the general council defence policy was up- held. Frank Cgusins, formerly the leader of the unilateralists silent on this resolution. It seem- ed as if he had been converted to the party's official policy. READERS' VIEWS Government Backs Right Dear Sir: Allow me to congratulate you on your editorials appear. ing in The Oshawa Times. You have a way with you that makes them entertaining and yet simple for everyone to en- joy. You leave a theught that is very fair and yet attempts to stimulate the readers to think. : What is it that the immortal Bard said? "Great minds dis- cuss ideas; average minds dis- cuss events and small minds discuss people." It is still very discouraging to read your paper and find the basic future problems of our city being "expertly ana- lyzed" to a somewhat: lesser degree. Your editorials on provincial and federal and international affairs are constructive. I wish you could find time to discuss some of our'immediate contro- versial problems in Oshawa. I find it interesting to note that Trustee Monsignor Coffey D. A. Valleau was appointed ,recollects that through the chairman of the newly formed effors of a trustee who was Board of Governors of the Union Cemetery. A General Motors Male Chorus was onganized with Mil- ton Bergey as _ president; George Henley, vice - president; Fred Pawson, secretary; Hales Barker, terasurer and R. V. Courtney as leader. At the 50th anniversary of Cedar Lodge, AF and AM, No. 270, Lt.Col. W. N. Ponton, Grand Master, Grand Lodge of Canada, in Ontario, presented jewels to 14 Past Masters of the lodge, and was himself the recipient of a gavel from the Holy Land which was given to the lodge by Bro. George W. McLaughlin. connected with the press, per- mission was given for the press to sit in on committee meetings as well as regular board meetings. This seems to substantiate a statement I made some months ago which Mr. Gearin denied. The crux of this latest con- troversial dispute between mem. bers of the board and Mr. Gearin can be found in Trus- tee Greer's statement. Trustee Greer said he understood the present concern with accuracy in the press dealt with com- mentators and not with the regular reporters. Mr. Editor, how many meet- ings of the Oshawa Board of Education has Mr. Gearin at- tended? Tsh Tsh: Let me fin- INVESTMENT BELL TELEPHONE-New Rights Issue execute your orders. J. H. CRANG 22 KING ST. EAST Manager, A. R. GARRETT Whether you sell your rights or subscribe for new stock, we shall be glad to advise and Bell Telephone shares are a prime invest- ment giving an effective yield of approxim- ately 5Y2-percent (dividend plus rights) with safety of income as well as capital growth. TELEPHONE -- 725-3592 & COMPANY OSHAWA Representative _ THOMAS CALDER To Check Board Affairs ish and say, I believe every responsible citizen is entitled to know what goes on at all meet- ings which the taxpayers are financially responsible for. Our Government must think so too, for it states in the School Administration Act -- Chapter 361, Section 48: "Any person may, at all rea- -sonable hours, inspect the min- ute book, the audited annual financial report and the cur- tent accounts of a board, and the secretary, upon the written request of any person and upon the payment to the board at the rate of 25 cents for every 100 words or at such rate as the board may fix, shall fur- nish copies of them or ex'racts therefrom certified under his. hand. 1958 C.97S.5" Mr. Gearin should know this and that there is no need for "self-appointed crusaders" in this field. I still think, Mr. Editor, that Mr. Gearin's interest in the educational atmosphere in Osh- awa is stirred by a different motive than being interested in the education opportunities for our children and may I repeat, his motives become more appar- ent as elections draws closer. WM. T. WERRY | Oshawa : y.-. in mortgages requir- MORTGAGE FUNDS - REQUIRED * $65,000 ed. 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